51 Results for:
Filters

July 13, 2023

COVID-19
Judging How U.S. States Performed in the COVID-19 Pandemic Depends on the Metric

The United States struggled with COVID-19, but some states managed to keep deaths and infections relatively low without shutting society down or ignoring the crisis.

A highway sign promotes vaccination in the background. A discarded mask hangs off a branch in the foreground.
Interactive by Thomas J. Bollyky, Isabella Turilli, and Emma Castro Global Health Program

September 10, 2021

Noncommunicable Diseases
Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times

Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness

Marcelo Louzada stands in a blue room, holding his cell phone, which features a photo of his brother Valdemar Louzada, thirty-eight, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Valdemar suffered from obesity and died from COVID-19 in May 2020.
Interactive by Thomas J. Bollyky, Serena Tohme, and Samantha Kiernan Global Health Program

March 30, 2009

Global Governance
Global Governance Monitor

An interactive multimedia feature that maps out and evaluates multilateral efforts to address some of the most difficult international issues.

Interactive by International Institutions and Global Governance Program

June 1, 2022

China
Belt and Road Tracker

This tracker shows how the Belt and Road Initiative changed countries’ bilateral economic relationships with China over time.

Interactive by Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

November 7, 2017

Health
The Changing Demographics of Global Health

Population growth and aging are fueling a spectacular rise in noncommunicable diseases, such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases, in poor countries that are ill-prepared to handle them. 

A man comforts his fiancée, a patient at a breast cancer clinic in Tehran, Iran. With little access to preventive and primary care, working-age people in poorer nations are more likely to develop and receive late diagnoses for breast cancer and other NCDs.
Interactive by Thomas J. Bollyky and Amanda Shendruk Global Health Program